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Cross-Vendor Comparison

Comparing 20 of 20 fully assessed vendors. Use the selector to focus on a subset — your selection is saved to the URL, so a comparison can be shared.

■ Select Vendors to Compare20 of 20

■ Layer-by-Layer Status

VENDOR
L0
Compute
1A
Storage
1B
Retrieval
1C
Pipelines
2A
Orchestration
2B
Runtime
2C
Reasoning
L3(+1)
Applications
Dell
HPE
AWS
VAST
Google Cloud
VMware
Microsoft Azure
NVIDIA
IBM / Red Hat
Oracle Cloud
Cisco
Palantir
Kamiwaza
Articul8
CoreWeave
Nutanix
Databricks
NetApp
Intel
Qlik
strong
moderate
gap
partner

■ DAPM Authority Profile

Dell
  • 15%
  • 44%
  • 41%
HPE
  • 11%
  • 29%
  • 61%
AWS
  • 4%
  • 72%
  • 24%
VAST
  • 0%
  • 19%
  • 81%
Google Cloud
  • 0%
  • 14%
  • 86%
VMware
  • 4%
  • 32%
  • 64%
Microsoft Azure
  • 4%
  • 30%
  • 65%
NVIDIA
  • 15%
  • 23%
  • 62%
IBM / Red Hat
  • 33%
  • 26%
  • 41%
Oracle Cloud
  • 0%
  • 12%
  • 88%
Cisco
  • 19%
  • 16%
  • 66%
Palantir
  • 0%
  • 7%
  • 93%
Kamiwaza
  • 0%
  • 17%
  • 83%
Articul8
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 100%
CoreWeave
  • 17%
  • 17%
  • 67%
Nutanix
  • 6%
  • 50%
  • 44%
Databricks
  • 0%
  • 20%
  • 80%
NetApp
  • 0%
  • 20%
  • 80%
Intel
  • 33%
  • 67%
  • 0%
Qlik
  • 0%
  • 5%
  • 95%

■ Layer 2C — The Reasoning Plane

DellEnterprise Responsibility
HPERetained (IT Ops) + Delegated (AI Workloads)
GreenLake Intelligence (IT Operations 2C)Kamiwaza (AI Workload 2C, via Unleash AI)HPE Data Fabric Policy Engine
AWSIntelligence 2C: Delegated | Infra 2C: Implicit
Bedrock GuardrailsAgentCore Policy (GA Mar 2026)AgentCore Evaluations + MemoryAWS Agent Registry (Preview)
VASTGap — placement abstraction, not a reasoning plane
Google CloudCeded — Productized but Captive
Agent Identity (GA)Agent GatewayAgent-to-Agent OrchestrationAgent RegistryAgent Observability
VMwareEmerging Signals Only
Microsoft AzureIntelligence 2C: Productized | Infra 2C: Emerging
Agent Governance Toolkit (April 2026, Open-Source)Microsoft Entra Agent ID (GA April 2026)Microsoft Agent 365 (Control Plane)Foundry AI Gateway
NVIDIARuntime Governance Only — Not a Reasoning Plane
IBM / Red HatMost Explicit 2C Claim
IBM Bob (Multi-Model Orchestration)IBM Sovereign Core (Runtime Sovereignty)watsonx.governance (Cross-Platform AI Assurance)
Oracle CloudIntelligence 2C: Emerging | Infra 2C: Implicit
OCI Enterprise AI GovernanceAutonomous Database Self-Management
CiscoSecurity + Identity — Not Yet Governance
Duo Agentic IdentityAGNTCY (Linux Foundation — Infrastructure Layer)Cisco AI Defense (Agent Governance Functions)Splunk Observability + Galileo (Agent Evaluation)
PalantirCeded — Closest Productized Mechanism, Adjacent Target
Apollo Orchestration Engine (Constraint Solver)Interaction-Time Policy Reasoning (Ontology)Agent Governance & ObservabilityPersistent, Vendor-Operated Connection (Not Self-Deployable)
KamiwazaKamiwaza Core
Living Ontology (Governance Layer)ReBAC Enforcement (Relationship-Based Access Control)Cross-Environment EvaluationAgent Lifecycle Governance
Articul8Intelligence Layer 2C
ModelMesh™ Intelligence Reasoning PlaneMission Decomposition & Agent RoutingObservability & Auditability
CoreWeaveGap: Improvement Loop, Not a Reasoning Plane
NutanixEmerging Signals — Governance Without Placement
DatabricksAgent Governance via Unity Catalog — Not Placement Reasoning
Unity Catalog Agent Governance (On-Behalf-Of Auth)Mosaic AI Gateway (Serving Endpoints)Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent (Multi-Agent Orchestration)
NetAppNo Reasoning Plane (Data Guardrails ≠ Agent Governance)
IntelNo Control Plane
QlikBring Your Own Reasoning Plane (MCP-First)
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